,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bafj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #i1 #bjai,mr4 
,payne 7for himself and ,mr4 ,green of  
,texas7 introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,homeland ,security  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend the ,homeland ,security ,act of   
#bjjb to authorize expenditures to      
combat emerging terrorist threats1      
including vehicular attacks1 and for    
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,shielding     
,public ,spaces from ,vehicular         
,terrorism ,act4  #b4 ,research and     
development ,the ,homeland ,security    
,act of #bjjb is amended--  7#a7 in     
paragraph 7#aa7 of section #cjb 7#f     
,u4,s4,c4 #ahb71 by inserting research  
and development to combat emerging      
terrorist threats1 such as vehicular    
attacks1 and before the long-term2 and  
7#b7 in subparagraph 7,b7 of section    
#cjh7;b77#b7 7#f ,u4,s4,c4              
#ahh7;b77#b77--  7,a7 in the matter     

preceding clause 7i71 by striking       
expertise in-- and inserting expertise  
in the following32  7,b7 by             
redesignating clause 7xiv7 as clause    
7xv72 and  7,c7 by inserting after      
clause 7xiii7 the following new clause3 
7xiv7 ,combating emerging terrorist     
threats1 including vehicular attacks4  4
  #c4 ,allowable uses ,section #bjjh of 
the ,homeland ,security ,act of #bjjb   
7#f ,u4,s4,c4 #fji7 is amended-- 7#a7 in
 subsection 7a7--  7,a7 by redesignating
 paragraphs 7#aa7 through 7#ad7 as      
paragraphs 7#ab7 through 7#ae71         
respectively2 and  7,b7 by inserting    
after paragraph 7#aj7 the following new 
paragraph3  7#aa7 addressing security   
vulnerabilities of public spaces1       
including through the installation of   
bollards and other target hardening     
activities2  2 and  7#b7 in subsection  
7b7-- 7,a7 in paragraph 7#c77;,b71 by   
striking 7a77#aj7 and inserting         
7a77#ab72 and  7,b7 by adding at the end
 the following new paragraph3  7#f7     

,firearms  7,a7 ,in general ,a grant    
awarded under section #bjjc or #bjjd may
 not be used for the provision to any   
person of a firearm or training in the  
use of a firearm4  7,b7 ,no effect on   
other laws ,nothing in this paragraph   
may be construed to preclude or         
contradict any other provision of law   
authorizing the provision of firearms or
 training in the use of firearms4  4    
#d4 ,report ,the ,secretary of ,homeland
 ,security shall submit to the          
,committee on ,homeland ,security of the
 ,house of ,representatives and the     
,committee on ,homeland ,security and   
,governmental ,affairs of the ,senate a 
report on potential terrorism           
vulnerabilities relating to emerging    
automotive technologies that support    
driverless vehicles and the associated  
threat such vehicles may pose to people 
in public spaces4 ,such report shall    
also compare any public benefit of such 
vehicles against any such               
vulnerabilities and threats4